[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 28 (Friday, February 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7269-7270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2695]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission

January 31, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control 
number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Commission, including whether the information 
shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's 
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before March 14, 2005. If you anticipate that you will 
be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the 
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments regarding this Paperwork Reduction Act 
submission to Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, Room 
1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554 or via the Internet to Judith-
B.H[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.H[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0370.
    Title: Part 32--Uniform System of Accounts for Telecommunications 
Companies.
    Form No: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local and tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 239.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1.07-104 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,516,702 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: With this submission to OMB, the Commission is 
revising this information collection, and adopts the Joint Conference's 
recommendations to reinstate the following Part 32 Class A accounts: 
Account 5230, Directory revenue; Account 6621, Call completion 
services; Account 6622, Number services; Account 6623, Customer 
services; Account 6561, Depreciation expenses--telecommunications plant 
in service; Account 6562, Depreciation expenses--property held for 
future telecommunications use; Account 6563, Amortization expense--
tangible; Account 6564, Amortization expense--intangible; Account 6565, 
Amortization expense--other. These accounting changes are mandatory 
only for Class A Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs). The 
reinstatement of these accounts will impose a minor increase (7%) in 
burden on Class A ILECs only.

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    Additionally, the Commission establishes a requirement that Class A 
ILECs maintain subsidiary record categories for unbundled network 
element revenues, resale revenues, reciprocal compensation revenues, 
and other interconnection revenues in the accounts in which these 
revenues are currently recorded. The use of subsidiary record 
categories allows carriers to use whatever mechanisms they choose, 
including those currently in place, to identify the relevant amounts as 
long as the information can be made available to state and federal 
regulators upon request. The use of subsidiary record categories for 
interconnection revenue does not require massive changes to the ILECs' 
accounting system and is far less burdensome alternative than the 
creation of new accounts and/or subaccounts.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1013.
    Title: Mitigation of Orbital Debris.
    Form No: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and other one-time reporting 
requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 159 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $74,200.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Second Report and Order in IB Docket No. 02-54, 
FCC 04-130, requires that a satellite system operator requesting FCC 
space station authorization, or an entity requesting a Commission 
ruling for access to a non-U.S.-licensed space station under the 
Commission's satellite market access procedures, must submit an orbital 
debris mitigation plan to the Commission regarding spacecraft design 
and operation as part of its request. For commercial operators, this 
requirement is added to the technical information that is already 
required under Section 25.114 of the Commission's rules in support of 
an application for space station authorization. For applications for 
authority for experimental and amateur space stations, information 
about the space station's orbital debris mitigation plans is added to 
the information already required under Section 5.63 [experimental] and 
Section 97.202(g) [amateur] of the Commission's rules.
    The Second Report and Order reduces information collection 
requirements for all licensees--including small businesses--by amending 
FCC rules to provide automatic authorization for certain satellite 
maneuvers, such as qualifying orbit-raising maneuvers or end-of-life 
disposal maneuvers that previously required licensees to apply for 
prior FCC authorization.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-2695 Filed 2-10-05; 8:45 am]
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